Gender- and age-related variations in blood viscosity in normal volunteers: A study of the effects of extract of Allium sativum and Ginkgo biloba

Phytomedicine

Volumn 14, Issue 7-8, 2007, Pages 447-451

  Galduroz J C F ^a   Antunes, H K ^b   Santos, R F ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b Instituto do Sono Associação Fundo de Incentivo à Psicofarmacologia AFIP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Allium sativum; Blood viscosity; Ginkgo biloba

Indexed keywords

GARLIC EXTRACT; GINKGO BILOBA EXTRACT;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD VISCOSITY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; GARLIC; GENDER; GINKGO BILOBA; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ALLYL COMPOUNDS; BLOOD VISCOSITY; FEMALE; GARLIC; GINKGO BILOBA; HEALTH; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLANT EXTRACTS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SULFIDES;

ALLIUM SATIVUM; GINKGO BILOBA;

EID: 34447568478     PISSN: 09447113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.phymed.2007.06.002     Document Type: Article

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